Elina Kim

About

Elina Kim heads GameDev Center at Astana Hub and coordinates the SeeVerse development studio. She is a 3D artist (Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter) and indie developer: creator and lead developer of the horror adventure “By Your Name”. She graduated from the Tech Orda and Omnium education programmes.

She develops Kazakhstan's game industry: she was chief expert of the “3D Digital Game Art” skill at WorldSkills Astana 2026 and co-organiser and coordinator of Global Game Jam Kazakhstan, NU GDC GameJam, Spark Game Jam 2026 and other events. She teaches and mentors 3D modelling and Unreal Engine development in education projects — Quantum Tech, Animo, Omnium, GameDev Center: Trails.

At Digital Bridge on 1 October she gives a keynote on growing the game industry through education: universities and schools.